Sports
Liberty North football bounces back with Homecoming win over Staley
Wesley Miller/Courier-Tribune Liberty North football senior quarterback Brennan Smith cheers with his teammates in a postgame huddle after a win. By Wesley Millersports@mycouriertribune.comLIBERTY — It was a special week for Liberty North football as it…
- Liberty North football bounces back with Homecoming win over Staley
- Kearney Homecoming
- Kearney football drops over 70 points in Homecoming win over Winnetonka
- Gallery | Boys soccer crosstown showdown
- Natsvaladze walks off win for Liberty North boys soccer over Liberty
Education
Smithville School Board sets tax levy
SMITHVILLE — The Smithville Board of Education recently set the 2026 tax rate at $4.7504 per $100 of assessed valuation. The tax rate is the same as the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 tax years.
- Smithville School Board sets tax levy
- Smithville High speech & debate president receives national award
- Northlanders named among semifinalists in 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program
- Kearney School District hosts meetings
- Smithville High school graduates, Liberty graduate receive Central Bank scholarships
Outdoors

Learn to create waystation for butterflies, monarchs with Sept. 12 MDC virtual program
Building a butterfly waystation brings color and an up-close look can aid these delicate insects.
- Learn to create waystation for butterflies, monarchs with Sept. 12 MDC virtual program
- Prevent snakes from seeking shelter in house
- Growing together in God’s care: Liberty churches expand shared garden ministry
- MDC offers free virtual class on rifle scope mounting scope Aug. 18
- Tomatoes struggle in summer heat
Sports
Liberty North football bounces back with Homecoming win over Staley
Wesley Miller/Courier-Tribune Liberty North football senior quarterback Brennan Smith cheers with his teammates in a postgame huddle after a win. By Wesley Millersports@mycouriertribune.comLIBERTY — It was a special week for…
- Liberty North football bounces back with Homecoming win over Staley
- Kearney Homecoming
- Kearney football drops over 70 points in Homecoming win over Winnetonka
- Gallery | Boys soccer crosstown showdown
- Natsvaladze walks off win for Liberty North boys soccer over Liberty
Education
Smithville School Board sets tax levy
- Smithville School Board sets tax levy
- Smithville High speech & debate president receives national award
- Northlanders named among semifinalists in 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program
- Kearney School District hosts meetings
- Smithville High school graduates, Liberty graduate receive Central Bank scholarships
Outdoors

Learn to create waystation for butterflies, monarchs with Sept. 12 MDC virtual program
Building a butterfly waystation brings color and an up-close look can aid these delicate insects.
- Learn to create waystation for butterflies, monarchs with Sept. 12 MDC virtual program
- Prevent snakes from seeking shelter in house
- Growing together in God’s care: Liberty churches expand shared garden ministry
- MDC offers free virtual class on rifle scope mounting scope Aug. 18
- Tomatoes struggle in summer heat
News

Kearney couple honors late son
KEARNEY — Earlier this month, the National Down Syndrome Society took over Time Square and shared a video presentation on a jumbo screen, generously donated by Clear Channel, in the heart of Times Square.
- Kearney couple honors late son
- Liberty, school district set tax levies
- Smithville’s Backyard BBQ Bash Saturday
- Lane, ramp closures along I-29 now through Oct. 10
- Liberty Fire Department receives assistance from KCFD for trench rescue
Community Living

DONNA ERICKSON'S BEST BITES: Whip up tasty, healthy vegetable ribbon salad
By Donna Erickson Welcome in the fall season with colorful ribbons of orange, green, yellow and red! Abundant zucchini, squash and carrots can be woven together with fettuccine pasta for a tasty supper that your family will enjoy, from preparation to the last bite.Hand each of your preteen kids their own vegetable peeler and give…
- DONNA ERICKSON’S BEST BITES: Whip up tasty, healthy vegetable ribbon salad
- SENIOR NEWS LINE: Time to speed up walking
- 31 things to do in Clay County
- Itty-Bitty Pantry Network teams with Village Guild to collect food donations
- Celebrate America 250 in Liberty with special pictorial postmark
Multimedia

Gallery | Boys soccer crosstown showdown
Crosstown showdown between Liberty and Liberty North boys soccer Tuesday, Sept. 22.
- Gallery | Boys soccer crosstown showdown
- Jesse James Festival includes parade, games
- Gallery | Volleyball crosstown showdown
- Gallery | Highway 92 softball
- Gallery | Highway 92 soccer
Special Sections
Entertainment

MOVIE REVIEW: 'Stunt Driver' needs stunt double
By Simonie Wilson Based on a true story about Ken Carter, a Canadian stunt driver and reluctant Evil Knievel contemporary, this story and the actors in it (Jay Baruchel of “She’s Out of My League,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Blackberry,” Ed Helms of “Vacation,” “Tag” and “The Hangover” and Ben Foster of “Hell…
- MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Stunt Driver’ needs stunt double
- MOVIE REVIEW: You won’t wish you were there
- MOVIE REVIEW: Finding Alaska disappointing
- Special edition of Reel Liberty Film Festival Sept. 7
- Bluegrass in the Tallgrass coming Sept. 12
Opinion

Critical to reflect on Sept. 11 25 years later
- Critical to reflect on Sept. 11 25 years later
- Changing one’s mind signals growth, new path
- Time to set bitterness aside
- Free press critical to current society
- Reader suggests moving Kearney farmers market to Jesse James Park




